In Venezuela, plagued with chronic food shortages and a devastatedeconomy, Carmen Elena Perez describes her refrigerator as merely "anornament in my kitchen, because filling it costs me too much money."

Dulce Maria Garcia Leon, in the western state of Trujillo, says she hascorn masa and "a little bit of cottage cheese" and eggs, though herfridge often holds "only cold."

Vane Vargas jokes that her refrigerator, with its top-mount freezer, "islike the North Pole: ice above, water below."

Bitter humor remains among the few things in plentiful supply in thisonce-wealthy South American country, where many of its 31 million peoplestruggle to find enough to eat.

So VOA's Spanish Service invited Facebook and Twitter users there todish about the contents of their refrigerators and cupboards. Theinformal, unscientific survey drew more than 60 responses – 54 onFacebook, nine on Twitter – offering a glimpse into daily lives.

Thank the likes of Castro, Chavez and Maduro you have so consistentlydefended here in the past.

Post by jatVenezuela Full of Strife With Empty RefrigeratorsIn Venezuela, plagued with chronic food shortages and a devastatedeconomy, Carmen Elena Perez describes her refrigerator as merely "anornament in my kitchen, because filling it costs me too much money."Dulce Maria Garcia Leon, in the western state of Trujillo, says she hascorn masa and "a little bit of cottage cheese" and eggs, though herfridge often holds "only cold."Vane Vargas jokes that her refrigerator, with its top-mount freezer, "islike the North Pole: ice above, water below."Bitter humor remains among the few things in plentiful supply in thisonce-wealthy South American country, where many of its 31 million peoplestruggle to find enough to eat.So VOA's Spanish Service invited Facebook and Twitter users there todish about the contents of their refrigerators and cupboards. Theinformal, unscientific survey drew more than 60 responses – 54 onFacebook, nine on Twitter – offering a glimpse into daily lives.https://www.voanews.com/a/venezuela-full-of-strife-with-empty-refrigerators/3839812.html